**Originally Listed At $500**

Latin America, Mexico, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved and hand-painted wood statue of Saint Anthony of Padua standing on an integral plinth and gazing forth via white glass eyes below a tonsured coiffure and an iron halo. Traditional to his iconography, the holy figure wears a brown, floor-length robe with long sleeves and a hood as he holds the Christ child in his left hand. Size: 6" W x 16" H (15.2 cm x 40.6 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#173265

Expected surface wear with abrasions as shown. Some chipping and bending to brass halo. Loss of pigment on eyes, as well as slight loosening of base. Otherwise, intact with heavy patina and craquelure to paint.